STORY: One Day At A Time by Les Stanwood

Story title: One Day At A Time
By: Les Stanwood

      When 52 Americans were held hostage at the embassy in Teheran, Iran, Thomas Schaefer was the senior military officer of the group. Of a total of 444 day in captivity, he spent more than 100 in solitary confinement.

When he was asked how he managed, he answered, "While I was in training as a soldier, I learned some basic survival and anti terrorist tactics. Surviving on a minimum of food and keeping your sanity were two of them. I read whenever I could and kept to an exact daily schedule.
    "But the bottom line of my survival was: I handled only one day at a time."